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Siemens debuts radiotherapy readiness service

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions has introduced a suite of precommissioning services for its Oncor Impression and Primus linear accelerators for radiation therapy.

August 4, 2003

GE Lunar reports record Q2

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Medical Systems Lunar, a manufacturer and developer of bone densitometers, reported a revenue increase of 36% in the U.S. market in the second quarter of fiscal 2003.

August 4, 2003

Konica upgrades Xpress CR

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Konica Medical Imaging has rolled out a software upgrade for its CS-1 Control Station, used with the vendor’s Xpress CR system.

August 4, 2003

PET usage surges in 2002

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Clinical PET procedures reached an estimated 456,200 studies in the U.S. in 2002, up 79% compared with the 255,300 performed in 2001, according to a market report published by IMV Medical Information Division.

August 4, 2003

MR study shows antidepressants shield hippocampus from deterioration

By Bruce Sylvester

Antidepressant drugs appear to protect the hippocampus, a key brain structure often damaged by depression, researchers report in the August American Journal of Psychiatry. Investigators from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis used MRI to measure hippocampal volumes.

August 4, 2003

Toshiba upgrades its four-slice CT unit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toshiba America Medical Systems is introducing Aquilion Super 4, a new version of its Aquilion four-slice CT scanner.

August 4, 2003

US can confirm if surgery is right for popliteal artery aneurysm

By Ultrasound Review

(Ultrasound Review) Reporting in the Journal of Vascular Surgery, a group from Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY determined that "smaller popliteal artery aneurysm was associated with higher incidence of thrombosis, clinical symptoms, and distal occlusive disease."

August 4, 2003

Digirad debuts single-head gamma camera

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Solid-state gamma camera developer Digirad has released Cardius-1, a single-head gamma camera dedicated to cardiac imaging.

August 3, 2003

PACS Radiology Insider

By Erik L. Ridley

Many radiologists have resisted the use of speech recognition, turned off by concerns about accuracy and the unappealing prospect of adding transcriptionist duties to an already busy day.

August 3, 2003

PET proves versatile in imaging gynecologic cancer

By Shalmali Pal

International investigators are turning to PET imaging to aid in the diagnosis and management of gynecologic tumors. Thus far, they’ve reported positive results with their modalities of choice -- FDG-PET, PET/CT, and choline PET.

August 3, 2003

SonoSite revenues up, trims losses in Q2

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Handheld-ultrasound developer SonoSite reported second-quarter revenues of $20.1 million.

July 31, 2003

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology: Imaging in Metabolic Bone Disease, Part 1 and 2

These seminars are a useful reference for practicing radiologists and radiologists-in- training. They also would be a handy reference for specialists in pediatrics, gynecology, and orthopedics.

July 31, 2003

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